Improvement in fruit and jelly presses



A. WEMPLE.

FRUIT-AND JELLY PRESS- No1.1'78,495. Paten-nea :une 6,1876.

N-PETEAS, MOTO-LUWGRAPNKR, wAsrjmGTON. D CA UNITED STATES PATENT DEEICE.

ANDREW WEMPLE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO JAY W. POWERS AND FRANK M. MELICK.

IMPROVEMENT IN FRUIT AND JELLV PRESSES.

Specilcation forming part of Letters PatentNo. 178,495, dated June 6, 1876; application tiled May 17, 1876.

To all whom. it may concern Be it known that I, ANDREW WEMPLE, of the city of Chicago, Cook county, State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fruit and Jelly Presses, of which the following is a full description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure lis an elevation, with a portion of the cylinder cut away, and showing the posi tion of the parts when the contents of the cylinder have been partially pressed; Fig. 2, a detail.

My invention consists in the devices used to raise the follower to produce the pressure.

In the drawings, A represents a perforated.

cylinder, made of sheet metal. B is a cast metal cover fitting the cylinder. C is a castmetal follower, to the center of which is permanently secured the metal bar D, which passes through a'hole in the cover B, andv moves freely therein. E is a sheet metal strap, the lower end of which is secured to the follower C by the side ofthe bar D. Near its upper end is a-hole. F G is a lever. The part G is circular, and F is the handle. G is provided with trunnions @,which rest in bearings in the tops ofthe standards b, which may be cast upon and with the cover. c is a pin secured in the periphery of G. d is a handle, which may be secured in a socket, e, cast upon the cover.

Operation: The cylinder A is to be placed on a table. The lever and cover are to be removed, and the follower to be placed at the cover of the cylinder, the strap E being drawu over upon G, as shown in Fig. l. Whensufciently pressed, if the lever be released, the spring of the strap E will release it from the pin c. The cover can then be removed, and the operation repeated.

As shown, the trunnions a rest in open bearings, so that the lever can be readily removed and replaced.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The cylinder A, follower C, and bar D, in combination with the springstrap E and lever G, substantially as and for the purpose herein described.

2. rlhe cylinder A, follower C, bar D, and

cover B, in combination with the handle d,

spring-strap E, lever Gr F, provided with pin c, substantially as and for the purpose herein specified.

ANDREW WEMPLE. 

